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TEAM H&R Block, a Canadian-based elite U23 cycling development team, will announce their 2013 roster during a meet and greet at North Vancouver's John Henry Bikes Friday between 11 a.m. and noon.

Premier team looks to regain championship form as playoffs loom

WEST Vancouver native Maëlle Ricker ended her 2012-13 World Cup snowboard cross season with one final podium finish, earning bronze at the final stop on the tour March 21 in Sierra Nevada, Spain.

THREE strong months' worth of intense training paid off for North Vancouver's Martha Woodruff as she went on to win the women's power lifting national championship in the 84 kilograms plus, unequipped division at the Olympic Oval in Richmond March 19

THE West Vancouver Yacht Club will host the 45th annual Southern Straits Classic overnight sailing race beginning with festivities and the starting sequence on Good Friday morning at the club

THE Handsworth Royals senior boys basketball team couldn't keep up the hot shooting that pushed them to a Howe Sound title when they took on the best in B.C. at the AAA provincial championships held last week in Langley.

Cup win highlighted at annual North Shore sport celebration

TWO North Shore boarders helped Canada to a gold-medal sweep in the final team snowboard cross World Cup event of the season held Sunday in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.

WINDSOR secondary's gymnastics team nailed it at the provincial championships held March 7-9 in Powell River, vaulting over the competition to win the boys, girls and combined team titles.

NORTH Vancouver's Jesse Jeffers earned first-team all-star status as his Langara Falcons won bronze at the CCAA men's basketball national championships held last weekend in Montreal.